Step,

And here I am complaining about my back.  Wow!  You certainly have, as we say over here, gone through the ringer.  We all sure will be praying for you about these things and glad to see you back.



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> On Jan 10, 2017, at 12:35 AM, Stephanie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi all,
> 
> Not sure how many of you will remember me... but here goes the latest of what has been going on with my life lately. I'm Stephanie from Australia, as many of you may know.. I'll also warn you that this could get long, but I'm really in need of support...
> 
> 2016 was probably one of the most difficult years of my life. I know that sounds awful, but it was. First, I started having really bad medical issues in about March; heavy bleeding that could be be stopped at all. It was that bad I could not leave the house as it was continuious and I never knew when it would get worse. So I had surgery in May, an ablation. However, when they went in to do it, they found multible large fibroids so they just tied my tubes (which was part of the plan). After that surgery, I was in unbearable pain. No one knew why and I ended up in the er 3 times in a week as I couldn't cope. When they did get it under control, I was so drugged out I was scared to leave the house, and it made my sick also. So in June, I had an abdominal hysterectomy done. That went well, in spite of 3 infections. The first was a few days after surgery. I had a high fever that they couldn't reduce, but strong antibiotics fixed that. Then 3 months out it happened again, and then again at 4 months. Now I am fine except I still feel quite weak some times, but overall I am 200 percent beter than I was!
> 
> While this was happening, the dhs came to our door saying they had received a complaint about us. It was made by a baby siter that we hired to look after our kids on the day of my surgery. Even though I had used this person a few times. The results of that is my kids have to do therapy for something that never happened. Then to top it off, in December I heard from my mum for the first time in 7 years wanting to have access to the kids; I don't in theory have an issue with that, but meetings will only be in public as mum made a complaint to dhs about us but didn't tell us until 18 months after the event, and it was deamed to be totally unfounded. Plus, they are very controling and never able to let go.
> 
> Which brings me to 2017 and what this year is going to bring. At the moment I feel like I am at a crossroads; I'm not sure what the Lord has for me. I started teaching piano from home 3 years ago, but have very little to show for it. I've put my heart and soul in to it with very little return. One student to my name and many that came and go. My passion for early music has been resurfaced after reading a website on authentic performance and listening to many recordings. I'm feeling like I know I need to do something with music, but not sure if it is teaching or something else. I'm not a performing though, although I do sing in church both in our choir and solo. I also know that having contact with mum is a spiritual war issue. I know this stounds strange but being around her makes me quite ill after. I'm talking full blown migrains that leave me phsyically sick for 24 hours. I'm determined not to have this happen when we go in March this year. I want to stand up to it, I want to deal with this, I want to firmly but kindly set my boundaries and handle it as God would want me. But I know I'll need support to deal with that.
> 
> Thank you all for reading for novel.
> Steph 
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> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.